Persistent identifiers (PIDs) are tools that are used to uniquely identify people, organisations, and other objects (e.g., books, articles, datasets) in a scholarly communication system. This website provides information about persistent identifiers and the types of support for them at the national level.

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Archaeological Map of the Czech Republic as a metadata quality “Bright Spot”

September 5, 2025

In their recently published text, Ted Habermann and Erin Robinson from the organization Metadata Game Changers focused on analyzing examples…

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ORCID and Scholarly Publishers

September 4, 2025

A new article has been published on the ORCID website: "Scholarly Publishers and ORCID: Partnering to Advance Trust in Research".…

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DataCite Webinar: DOI in Open Journal Systems

August 28, 2025

The Public Knowledge Project (PKP) team and DataCite are hosting a webinar on DOI registration in Open Journal Systems (OJS).…

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The 2025 Annual Meeting of National ORCID Centre

August 6, 2025

The National Center for Persistent Identifiers at the National Library of Technology cordially invites representatives of member institutions to this…

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